to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
no, not like that (but like this)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking